Gung Hay Fat Choy! Chinese across the world celebrate new year

Worshippers gather to pray at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple on Lunar New Year on February 10, 2013 in Singapore.

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Visitors stroll near trees decorated with red lanterns ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth park on February 9, 2013 in Beijing.Feng Li
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Fireworks illuminate the Beijing skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on February 9, 2013.Feng Li
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Performers take part in a dragon dance in the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake in China town in Manila on February 9, 2013.JAY DIRECTO
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A worshipper holds a toy snake as others hold incense sticks as they pray before midnight to welcome in Chinese Lunar New Year at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong on February 9, 2013.ANTONY DICKSON
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Worshippers gather at Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple on Lunar New Year to offer prayers and place joss sticks on February 10, 2013 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah
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Chinese folk artists prepare to perform during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at Dragon Lake Park on February 9, 2013 in Beijing.Lintao Zhang
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A man shields a boy from fireworks on a street in Beijing on February 9, 2013.ED JONES
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Worshippers place incense sticks as they pray before midnight to welcome in Chinese Lunar New Year at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong on February 9, 2013.ANTONY DICKSON
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Fireworks illuminate the Beijing skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on February 9, 2013.Feng Li
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Chinese folk artists prepare to perform during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at Dragon Lake Park on February 9, 2013 in Beijing.Lintao Zhang
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An ethnic Chinese boy poses for a picture next to a snake statue ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2013.MOHD RASFAN
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A Chinese family lights fireworks at a community centre in Fuxin, in the northeast Liaoning province on February 9, 2013, a day before the Lunar New Year.WANG ZHAO
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Devotees light candles at the Lungshan Temple on the eve of the Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 9, 2013.Wally Santana
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Fireworks illuminate the Beijing skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year, but add to the city’s severe air pollution, on February 9, 2013.Feng Li
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Devotees burn incense at the Lungshan Temple on the eve of the Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 9, 2013.Wally Santana
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People shop for Chinese New Year decorations on the final day of street sales in Chinatown on February 9, 2013 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah
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A man takes photos of fireworks on a street in Beijing on February 10, 2013.ED JONES
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Devotees pray at the Lungshan Temple on the eve of the Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 9, 2013.Wally Santana
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A cyclist passes fireworks on a street in Beijing on February 10, 2013.ED JONES
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People look at the fireworks in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013 in Shanghai.Eugene Hoshiko
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A volunteer holds a batch of incense sticks during a ceremony at the Taoist Hsingtien temple in Taipei early on February 10, 2013.SAM YEH
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A worker changes the lights bulbs in lanterns ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2013.MOHD RASFAN
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Chinese elders apply eyelids to a newly made lotus dragon during a blessing on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake in the streets of Chinatown in Manila on February 9, 2013.JAY DIRECTO
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A snake shaped sculpture made from about 850 yellow sky lanterns looms over a road in Chinatown on February 9, 2013 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah
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Fireworks illuminate the Beijing skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on February 9, 2013.Feng Li
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Ethnic Chinese arrive at Thean Hou Temple decorated with the red lanterns for worship ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2013.MOHD RASFAN
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People shop for Chinese New Year decorations on the final day of street sales in Chinatown on February 9, 2013 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah
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Restaurant workers watch fireworks during the eve of Chinese New Year in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013.Andy Wong
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